Swedish Social Insurance Agency
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| Försäkringskassan | |
| File:Försäkringskassan Logo.svg | |
| File:Försäkringskassan.jpg Headquarters of the agency | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1 January 2005 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Sweden |
| Headquarters | Lm Ericssons väg, 126 26 Hägersten 59°17′55″N 17°59′37″E / 59.298688°N 17.993562°E |
| Employees | ca. 14,000 (2019)[1] |
| Annual budget | SEK 200,121 billion (2014)[citation needed] |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Health and Social Affairs |
| Website | www |
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Swedish: Försäkringskassan, pronounced [fœˈsɛːkrɪŋsˌkasːan]) is a government agency that administers social insurance in Sweden.
Responsibilities
Among other the agency is responsible for administering the following benefits.[2]
- Immigrant support and allowances (etableringsersättning)
- Pensions and disability benefits and allowances (pension och förtidspensionering)
- Parental leave benefit (föräldrapenning)
- Maternity benefits (graviditetspenning)
- Child allowance (barnbidrag)
- Housing benefit and allowance (bostadsbidrag)
- Sickness benefit (sjukpenning)
- Rehabilitation allowance (rehabiliteringsersättning)
- Enforcement of domestic and international child support orders (underhållsbidrag)
See also
References
- ↑ "Möt dina kollegor" (in svenska). Försäkringskassan. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ↑ "Social Insurance in Sweden" (PDF). Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
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